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Justice Neela Kedar Gokhale of the Bombay High Court on Wednesday highlighted the threat posed by dissemination of false information and observed that the right to participate in democracy is...

Justice Gautam Patel has said the Rule is 'nothing but censorship'; Justice Neela Gokhale has agreed with the Centre's argument. A third judge will now hear the matter afresh.

The changes to the Information Technology Rules, notified on April 6, 2023, relate to information posted online in connection with the central government. | Latest News India

India News: A division bench of the Bombay high court delivered a split verdict on the amended Information Technology Rules dealing with fake news on social media. One judge agreed with the petitioners' contentions, while the other upheld the government's side. The matter will now be heard afresh by a third judge.

While Justice Gautam Patel ruled in favour of the petitioners and struck down the provision, Justice Neela Gokhale dismissed the petitions.

Under the Rules, if the FCU comes across or is informed about any posts that are fake, false or contain misleading facts pertaining to the business of the government, it would flag off the same to the social media intermediaries

The Court said that passing orders for prior censorship of any publication against Rohingyas would be an example of “a treatment that is worse than the disease”.

In a split judgement, Justice Neela Kedar Gokhale of the Bombay High Court said she would uphold the 2023 amendment to IT Rules, 2021 empowering the government to establish a Fact check Unit and...

The amendment allows the govt to set up a unit to identify ‘fake news’ about itself online.

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